SoundCast 'Dorothy' Project

Oh, and just for your information, this product will be used to wireless connect a surround-sound system. Here's the rest of 'em:

SoundCast 'Dorothy' Project (Pt. 1)

Yeah, it has no name so for some reason they're calling it 'Dorothy.' No matter, the point is, this is my first actual, factual product I get to design. I also get to pretend I know more about engineering than I really do--but in a really smooth way, ya hear?

Anyway, here are the designs (#1,3, and 6 were chosen to develop):

Dead Design

This ship design has been in my head for a while and I've finally decided I need to kill it because it's starting to look way too similar to the 'Protector' from Galaxy Quest... Ah well, here it is:

Mobile Sentient Auto-Turret

This is an idea I've had where a ships turrets would be mobile and always changing locations on the out hull of a capital ship. Furthermore, they ought to have some degree of sentience in order maximize effectiveness. Anyway here's one of my sketches:

New Sketches!

Here are a few illustrations I've been working on, two whimsical, one more of a caricature:

A veiled lady with feathers. Nothing deep about this picture, I just like veils and smirks.

This one is going to be called "Underwater Rumble" and the octopus will be holding a deadly weapon in each of his tentacles. In the immediate foreground will be a diver's right leg and right hand dropping a small dagger. I've had this idea for ages and have done a few comic iterations; this will be the first painted edition.

The Angler Fishbowl; I thought it's be funny to see an Angler fish in a fishbowl at night while all the moths are attracted to his natural bioluminescence.

Lighting Test Sketches

In an attempt to get better at intuitively adding lighting to sketches I'm on a mission to reproduce a variety of photographic lighting techniques. Below are a couple examples of quick sketches for practice.

Art Nouveau Update, 2.13

I had been testing different iterations for her hair and settle on what's below. However, after changing her expression to that of a 'just-after-crying' expression, I may change the hair to suit her mood.

The hair was inspired by the work of this Dutch gal, Lois Van Baarle (loish.net). It needs a bit of tweaking but it's almost finished.